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Conference on Financing for Development International Monetary Fund | Centre for Finance and Development | UK Department for International Development Conference on Financing for Development International Monetary Fund | Centre for Finance and Development | UK Department for International Development 15 – 17 April 2015 Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, 1202 Geneva The conference will bring together scholars to discuss new and Each paper presentation will last 1 hour: 30 minutes for enduring questions in development finance for Low-Income the author, 15 minutes for the discussant and 15 minutes for Developing Countries, which will have to scale up investment in the floor. physical and social infrastructure to meet the post-2015 sustain- A selection of papers will be published in a special issue of able development goals. the Oxford Review of Economic Policy (OXREP), which will be The core objective of this three-day conference is to pro- edited by Christopher Adam (Oxford University), Ugo Panizza pose to the post-2015 development agenda innovative strate - (the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development), gies aimed at catalysing domestic and external financing from Andrea Presbitero (International Monetary Fund), and David the official and private sectors. Vines (Oxford University). The conference is organised around a series of keynotes, plenaries and round table discussions, and will discuss topics as The conference is organised by the varied as: > International Monetary Fund > Opportunities and risks of different sources of external > Centre for Finance and Development at the Graduate financing Institute, Geneva > Leveraging innovative development finance with financial support from the > Aid flows by traditional and new lenders > UK Department for International Development > Long-term infrastructure finance > Domestic resource mobilisation > Assessing debt sustainability > The political economy of aid and the emerging global aid architecture > Trade finance > The macroeconomic and social effects of aid For additional information, please contact [email protected] www.graduateinstitute.ch/cfd ≥ SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHRISTOPHER ADAM, Oxford University JEAN-LOUIS ARCAND, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development REZA BAQIR, International Monetary Fund YI HUANG, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development RAHUL MUKHERJEE, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development UGO PANIZZA, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development CHRIS PAPAGEORGIOU, International Monetary Fund CATHERINE PATTILLO, International Monetary Fund ALEX PIENKOWSKI, International Monetary Fund ANDREA F. PRESBITERO, International Monetary Fund AMELIA SANTOS-PAULINO, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development DAVID VINES, Oxford University ORGANISING COMMITTEE JEAN-LOUIS ARCAND, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development UGO PANIZZA, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development ANDREA F. PRESBITERO, International Monetary Fund Wednesday 15 April 2015 | 12:30 – 14:00 | Welcome buffet (by invitation only) | 14:00 – 16:00 | SESSION 1 Chair: DAVID VINES, University of Oxford > Local Currency Bond Markets and the SDGs: Potentials, Challenges and Policy Recommendations for Sub-Saharan African Economies Authors: KATHRIN BERENSMANN, FLORENCE DAFE and ULRICH VOLZ, German Development Institute Discussant: DAVID VINES, University of Oxford > Multilateral Indexed Loans and Debt Sustainability Authors: EMANUELE BACCHIOCCHI and ALESSANDRO MISSALE, Università di Milano Discussant: UGO PANIZZA, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development | 16:00 – 16:15 | Coffee break (Cafeteria) | 16:15 – 18:45 | SESSION 2 | ADB-SPONSORED SESSION ON TRADE FINANCE Chair: ANDREA F. PRESBITERO, International Monetary Fund > Improving the Availability of Trade Finance in Developing Countries: An Assessment of Remaining Gaps Author: MARC AUBOIN, World Trade Organization > Assessing the Causes and Persistence of Global Trade Finance Gaps Author: ALISA DICAPRIO, Asian Development Bank > Trade Finance in Africa Author: OUSMAN GAJIGO, African Development Bank | 20:00 | Dinner (by invitation only) Thursday 16 April 2015 | 08:45 – 10:45 | SESSION 3 Chair: ANDREA F. PRESBITERO, International Monetary Fund > Aid and Growth at the Regional Level Authors: AXEL DREHER, Heidelberg University, and STEFFEN LOHMANN Discussant: ANDREA F. PRESBITERO, International Monetary Fund > Why do Economists Disagree so Much on Aid Effectiveness? Author: OLIVER MORRISSEY, University of Nottingham Discussant: GIULIA BETTIN, Università Politecnica delle Marche | 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break (Cafeteria) | 11:00 – 13:00 | SESSION 4 Chair: JEAN-LOUIS ARCAND, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development > Measuring Aid Author: DAVID ROODMAN, Open Philanthropy Project Discussant: NATH MEENAKSHI, UK Department for International Development > Information Technology and Fiscal Capacity in a Developing Country: Evidence from Ethiopia Authors: ALI MERIMA, ABDULAZIS SHIFA, ABEBE SHIMELES, African Development Bank, and FIREW WOLDEYES Discussant: JEAN-LOUIS ARCAND, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development | 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch (by invitation only) | 14:30 – 16:30 | SESSION 5 Chair: SILVIA MARCHESI, Università di Milano Bicocca > Financing Infrastructure in Developing Countries Authors: ANTONIO ESTACHE, TOMAS SEREBRISKY and LIAM WREN-LEWIS, Paris School of Economics Discussant: GANI ALDASHEV, University of Namur > Which Donors, Which Funds? The Choice of Multilateral Funds by Bilateral Donors at the World Bank Authors: BERNHARD REINSBERG, KATHARINA MICHAELOWA, University of Zurich, and STEPHEN KNACK Discussant: SILVIA MARCHESI, Università di Milano Bicocca | 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee break (Cafeteria) | 17:00 – 18:30 | SESSION 6 | KEYNOTE SPEECH Chair: JEAN-LOUIS ARCAND, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development JEFFREY SACHS, the Earth Institute, Columbia University (by video conference) | 20:30 | Social Dinner (by invitation only) Friday 17 April 2015 | 09:00 – 11:00 | SESSION 7 Chair: AMELIA SANTOS-PAULINO, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development > Catalytic Insurance: The Case of Natural Disasters Authors: TITO CORDELLA, World Bank, and EDUARDO LEVY YEYATI Discussant: RAHUL MUKHERJEE, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development > FDI as a Catalyst for Domestic Investment in Developing Countries: New Evidence from Firm-Level Data Authors: ALESSIA AMIGHINI, Università del Piemonte Orientale, MARGARET MC MILLAN and MARCO SANFILIPPO Discussant: AMELIA SANTOS-PAULINO, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break (Cafeteria) | 11:30 – 12:15 | SESSION 8 | KEYNOTE SPEECH Chair: JEAN-LOUIS ARCAND, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development > The Unfinished International Financial Architecture Speaker: JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University | 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch (by invitation only) | 13:30 – 15:30 | SESSION 9 Chair: CHRISTOPHER ADAM, University of Oxford > Counterpart Funds and the Foreign Aid Procyclicality Puzzle Authors: STEPHAN PALLAGE and MICHEL ROBE, American University Discussant: CHRISTOPHER ADAM, University of Oxford > Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance Authors: ANDREAS FUCHS, University of Heidelberg, AXEL DREHER, ROLAND HODLER, BRADLEY C. PARKS, PAUL A. RASCHKY and MICHAEL J. TIERNEY Discussant: YI HUANG, the Graduate Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development | 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break (Cafeteria) | 16:00 – 18:30 | SESSION 10 | POLICY PANEL Chair: TAFFERE TESFACHEW, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Participants: JAIME DE MELO, Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international JAN DEHN, Ashmore Group BRETT HOUSE, Jeanne Sauvé Foundation STEVAN LEE, UK Department for International Development | 20:00 | Dinner (by invitation only) THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE, GENEVA Maison de la paix Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, 1202 Genève T. +41 (0)22 908 57 00.
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